Genndy Tartakovsky’s R-Rated Animated Comedy FIXED Voice Cast Announced and New Details
Genndy Tartakovsky (Samurai Jack, Primal, Hotel Transylvania, Star Wars: Clone Wars) has been hard at work developing his R-rated animated film project, Fixed. The movie follows a dog who finds out he's gonna get neutered in the morning, and the story follows what he does with his next 24 hours. Tartakovsky was inspired by films like The 40-Year-Old Virgin and Knocked Up when developing this project.
The voice cast for this movie has been announced and that cast will be led by Adam Devine, Idris Elba, and Kathryn Hahn.
The main character in the film is named Bull, just an average dog who discovers he’s going to be neutered in the morning. But, “as the gravity of this life-altering event sets in, Bull realizes he needs one last adventure with his pack of best friends as these are the last 24 hours with his balls.”
Tartakovsky told Variety in an interview: “Some people might get uncomfortable.” But, the goal for him isn’t to shock audiences, the goal for him is to make “a classic movie. Like Lady and the Tramp or 101 Dalmatians, but rated R. If you can look past the balls and the buttholes, you will find a very sweet, charming, sincere story of friendship and romance.”
Adam Devine will take on the role of Bull, and Idris Elba will play his buddy Rocco. Joining them are Bobby Moynihan as Lucky, Fred Armisen as Fetch, Beck Bennett as Sterling, River Gallo as Frankie and Michelle Buteau as Molasses. Hahn will play Bull’s love interest Honey.
Producer Michelle Murdocca talked about Hahn’s involvement, saying: “When Kathryn decided to do it, she told us: ‘I want to be just like the guys. I don’t want to be the sweet girl in the background who doesn’t have any depth to her. Make her a little raunchier.’ Hiring her made this character come alive.”
Tartakovsky talked about the casting, saying: “I have been doing this for 30 years and when you find someone who knows comedic timing as a voice actor, it’s everything. It makes our job so much easier.” He obviously found that skill in all of the actors that he cast in the film. He went on to say: “Also, I like the voices to disappear. When Idris is doing Rocco, you may recognize him, but then you just settle in.”
The movie will be made using traditional 2D hand-drawn animation, which is a lost art, and I’m so happy that they are going to utilize it in this movie. Tartakovsky said: “It has become a lost art. These days, everything is computer-generated. It was my dream to do this.” He went on to call it a love letter to Bugs Bunny or Tex Avery, or even 1950s Disney.
Murdocca added: “It became this homage. We were able to secure animators we never thought we would be able to get. That’s when it became very exciting.”
Tartakovsky went on to say: “Comedy is the hardest thing, always, but in animation, you create it from nothing. It’s why I got into it. I could draw a little stick figure running, my friends would look over my shoulder and laugh. It’s such an amazing illusion.”
He added: “We have four layers of humor here: The raunchy stuff, the physicality, some character humor and dog owner humor. We don’t talk about pop culture; we don’t make fun of the Kardashians. It’s only within this one world.”
That world includes a place called “The Hump House,” which is where Bull and his friends end up in the story. But, Tartakovsky teased that it’s “nothing compared to the film’s explosive ending, which is raunchy, very sexual but also very heartfelt.”
It’s going to be really interesting and fun to see how this story plays out! I’m certainly intruiged!